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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Short description|2016 studio album by BT}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:''_'' (album)}} {{Infobox album | name = {{not a typo|<i>_|</i>}}  | type = Studio | artist = BT | cover = File:BT - Untitled.jpg | alt = | released = October 14, 2016 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Ambient|electronica|glitch}} | length = {{plainlist| * 46:56 {{(-}}''_'') * 92:28 {{(-}}''_+'') }} | label = Black Hole | producer = Brian Transeau | prev_title = Electronic Opus | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Daggers | next_year = 2019 | italic_title = no  }}

'''''_''''' (no official pronunciation)<ref>"[T]here is no right or wrong way to articulate the title of ''_''. It's open to interpretation, yours to reference, entirely as you will" ''Black Hole Recordings'' {{cite web|author=Fleming, Justin|title=BT--"_" Full Review|year=2016|work=Medium|url=https://medium.com/@The_Typer/bt-full-review-46a8032c35a|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> is the tenth studio album by American electronica musician BT.<ref>{{cite web|title=BT Returns With His New Album '_'|work=EDM Identity|date=12 October 2016 |url=https://edmidentity.com/2016/10/12/bt-returns-new-album-_/|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> It was released digitally on October 14, 2016, and the physical USB release was shipped on December 2, 2016. This included more than two hours of music with 4K-resolution videos shot by drone for the album.<ref name="untitled">{{cite web|title=BT's Dropping a New Album –You Name It|url=http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/bt-s-dropping-new-album-you-name-it/428038|last=Eskow|first=Gary|publisher=Mix|date=August 1, 2016|access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>

The album was intended to be untitled. However, due to the restrictions of digital download services, which forbade blank titles, BT chose to use an underscore as the album's name. He admitted that this title resulted in complaints from fans about difficulties in finding the album on popular services due to the inability of most search engines to handle the character.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nocturnal Times Exclusive Interview: BT|url=http://www.thenocturnaltimes.com/nocturnal-times-exclusive-interview-bt/|publisher=The Nocturnal Times|last=Mancino|first=Mark|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=I am composer and technologist BT. My new album is _ AMA|date=24 October 2016 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/596hc0/i_am_composer_and_technologist_bt_my_new_album_is/|publisher=Reddit}}</ref>

== Background == On December 14, 2015, BT disclosed news to ''DJ Mag'' about a new album to come by early 2016. Similar to ''This Binary Universe'', BT explains that "the entire record is recorded in a way [I have] never recorded anything before," and that the record has a "modular, ambient aesthetic". Track names that were mentioned in the article include "Chromatophore", "Ω", "Indivism" and "582"<ref>{{cite web|title=BT's Opus of Discovery|url=http://www.djmag.com/news/bts-opus-discovery|last=Sharoni|first=Erin|publisher=DJ Mag|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=December 15, 2015}}</ref> (the names of "Indivism" and "582" were changed to "Indivisim" and "Five Hundred and Eighty Two" in the final release). On August 1, 2016, BT spoke to ''Mix'' about the album, which was recently completed. The album is intended to be named by the listeners. Additional track names that were mentioned in the article include "Artifacture", "Five Hundred and Eighty Two", and "Found in Translation". On October 10, 2016, BT announced on Facebook that the parts of the album ("Artifacture", "Indivism", and "Ω") would be released in "movements"<ref>{{cite web|title=[Album] BT – _|url=http://themusicessentials.com/bt-_|work=The Music Essentials|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=October 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204948/http://themusicessentials.com/bt-_|archive-date=2016-10-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> on October 14, 2016.<ref name="untitled" />

The album was recorded in Maine, Maryland, Iceland, China, Poland, Bora Bora, Tokyo, Australia, and many other places around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=BT – Artifacture|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHXF3-7XGGM|publisher=YouTube|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>

== Track listing == {{expand section|songwriters|date=March 2019}} {{track listing | headline = Digital download – ''_+''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1187935052|title=_+ by BT on Apple Music|website=iTunes |date=17 January 2017|publisher=}}</ref> | all_writing = | title1 = Tokyo | length1 = 6:02 | title2 = The Code of Hammurabi | length2 = 3:37 | title3 = Lustral | length3 = 3:52 | title4 = Found in Translation | length4 = 3:52 | title5 = Artifacture | length5 = 18:28 | title6 = Indivisim | length6 = 12:12 | title7 = Ω | length7 = 15:21 | title8 = Chromatophore | length8 = 15:56 | title9 = Five Hundred and Eighty Two | length9 = 13:08 | total_length = 92:28}}

=== "Artifacture", "Indivisim" and "Ω" {{(-}}''_'') === {{track listing | headline="Artifacture" | all_writing = | title1 = I. Adagietto Granulare | note1 = {{small|English:}} "Slow Rhymes" | length1 = 2:57 | title2 = II. Nostra Luna di Miele | note2 = {{small|English:}} "Our Honeymoon" | length2 = 2:55 | title3 = III. Guidati dalla Luce | note3 = {{small|English:}} "Guided by the Light" | length3 = 0:48 | title4 = IV. La Caduta con Moto | note4 = {{small|English:}} "The Fall of Movement" | length4 = 2:07 | title5 = V. La Vita Sotto il Mare | note5 = {{small|English:}} "Life Under the Sea" | length5 = 1:52 | title6 = VI. Niente di Tutto Qualcosa | note6 = {{small|English:}} "Nothing of Everything Something" | length6 = 1:12 | title7 = VII. Rocambolesco in una Città di Notte | note7 = {{small|English:}} "Fantastic in the City of Night" | length7 = 1:03 | title8 = VIII. Un Nuovo Contesto | note8 = {{small|English:}} "A New Context" | length8 = 1:36 | title9 = IX. Mancando Nobilmente | note9 = {{small|English:}} "Missed Nobility" | length9 = 3:54 | total_length = 18:28}} {{track listing | headline="Indivisim" | all_writing = | title1 = I. Trasformata di Fourier Veloce | note1 = {{small|English:}} "Fast Fourier Transform" | length1 = 1:09 | title2 = II. Fette di Basso Ostinato | note2 = {{small|English:}} "Slices of Bass Rhythm" | length2 = 1:26 | title3 = III. Decomposizione di Tempo | note3 = {{small|English:}} "Decomposition of Time" | length3 = 0:38 | title4 = IV. Uno ad Uno i Controcanti Parlano | note4 = {{small|English:}} "One by One the Counterpoint Speak" | length4 = 1:11 | title5 = V. Immobilità in Movimento | note5 = {{small|English:}} "Immobility in Movement" | length5 = 0:34 | title6 = VI. Variante di Frammenti di Basso | note6 = {{small|English:}} "Variant of Bass Fragments" | length6 = 1:09 | title7 = VII. Dalla Forma al Senza Forma | note7 = {{small|English:}} "From Form to Formless" | length7 = 6:02 | total_length = 12:12 }} {{track listing | headline="Ω" | all_writing = | title1 = I. La Nascita di Diventare | note1 = {{small|English:}} "The Birth of Becoming" | length1 = 0:59 | title2 = II. Evoluzione di Nuove Forme | note2 = {{small|English:}} "Evolution of New Forms" | length2 = 1:26 | title3 = III. Da metà tempo a Tempo Pieno | note3 = {{small|English:}} "From Half Time to Full Time" | length3 = 1:04 | title4 = IV. Melodie che si Ergono Come Onde | note4 = {{small|English:}} "Melodies That Come Like Waves" | length4 = 0:59 | title5 = V. Tema Soarning | note5 = {{small|English:}} "Soaring Theme" | length5 = 1:08 | title6 = VI. Staccando gli Strati | note6 = {{small|English:}} "Peeling Off the Layers" | length6 = 0:15 | title7 = VII. Filatura Funzioni di Trasferimento Relative a Testa | note7 = {{small|English:}} "Spinning Head Related Transfer Functions" | length7 = 0:32 | title8 = VIII. il Movimento Invertito | note8 = {{small|English:}} "Inverted Movement" | length8 = 0:48 | title9 = IX. Meriggiare una Matrice di Musica Modulare | note9 = {{small|English:}} "To Rest at Noon a Modular Music Matrix" | length9 = 8:07 | total_length = 15:21}}

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|9|artist=BT|album=_|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 July 2018}} |- |}

== Release history == {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"| Worldwide | October 14, 2016 | Digital download – ''_'' | rowspan="3"| Black Hole Recordings |- | December 2, 2016 | USB |- | January 18, 2017 | Digital download – ''_+'' |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://bt.choons.at/_ ''_'' on Black Hole Recordings]

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